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  • Fall activities include elections, festivals and general small-town life

    Updated Sep 19, 2019

    1 years ago The Odessa Record September 21, 1919 Odessa students at Washington State college include Eva Martin, Doris Ganson, Will Geissler, Clifford Patton, Eardley Glass, Joe Weik and Orlou Ganson. Madeline O’Leary and Esther Deets are taking commercial courses at Spokane and Anna Mayer has enrolled at Cheney Normal. Manager Al Wagner of the Odessa Concert Band announces an open-air concert Thursday, with a speaker talking in the interests of the community hall. Ducks were plentiful on opening day. Pacific lake was c...

  • Courthouse report

    Updated Sep 19, 2019

    SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge Civil Judgments Agreeing evidence was lacking to establish domestic violence, the court on Sept. 10 granted petitioner Teofilo Jason Tamayo’s request to deny a protection order requested against Gloria and Kort Fudurich. The parties are Davenport residents. A similar order was issued Sept. 3 to conclude a matter involving the Fuduriches and petitioner Jayve S. Tamayo. NW Maintenance & Repair, Inc., of Sprague, must pay $9,513.01 in tax obligations for October and November 2018 and J...

  • Sheriff's report

    Updated Sep 19, 2019

    INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. This week, dispatchers handled 280 calls for service. Monday, Sept. 9: A collision involving a vehicle and deer took place at the intersection of U.S. 2 and Rocklyn Road, west of Davenport. The driver escaped injury....

  • Old Town Hall

    Updated Sep 19, 2019

    Odessa High School FBLA members Maddy Wagner, Eric Johnston and Chloe Winkler display the framed array of engraved metal plates bearing the names of the sponsors of the new windows in the Old Town Hall The framed commemorative sign was made by Gavin Wagner of Harrington....

  • OHS Tigers overwhelm Bridgeport Mustangs

    Terrie Schmidt-Crosby|Updated Sep 19, 2019

    Friday the 13th was a very lucky day for the Odessa Tigers. Not that luck really had that much to do with it. The well-seasoned Tiger football team put together another powerful offense that overwhelmed Bridgeport September 13. Had Bridgeport's speediest running back not managed to break away from the field and streak to the end zone in the third quarter, the game would likely have been a shutout. Od 48 22 10 8 88 Bri 0 0 6 0 6 QB Camden Weber guided his team well, while...

  • Tigers drop 3 straight in match loss to ACH

    Terrie Schmidt-Crosby|Updated Sep 19, 2019

    The Tiger varsity girls volleyball team played a non-conference game Tuesday evening, September 10, versus ACH in Coulee City. Unlike the tournament play reported last week, in which each team played to win two out of three games per match, Tuesday's match had the girls playing to win three out of five games. ACH took the first three games, and that was that. According to one spectator at Tuesday's match, the Tigers were "psyched out" by the Warriors. Sometimes the mental...

  • Odessa FFA takes third in tractor driving contest

    Terrie Schmidt-Crosby|Updated Sep 19, 2019

    Odessa High School sophomores Kaedin Schorzman and Nathan Melcher took third in the Adams County Fair tractor driving competition held Friday, September 13, in Ritzville. More than 20 teams competed in which drivers of a tractor with a trailer attached navigated an obstacle course. Odessa brought seven members of its FFA chapter and, according to FFA advisor HaLee Walter, they all had a great day!...

  • Meet the candidates: Victoria Iverson vs. Tami Smith

    Terrie Schmidt-Crosby|Updated Sep 19, 2019

    General election on November 5, 2019 This week, The Record continues its series on candidates running for positions in town government as they present their views on various topics of interest to Odessa's citizens. The planned community forum on October 7, during which townspeople can meet the candidates, will allow each candidate to explain in greater detail how he or she plans to address the issues facing the town's government officials. It will also allow the public some ad...

  • Humanitarian response is requested by writer

    Updated Sep 19, 2019

    To the Editor: Chip Chip Chip away. Do you notice the chipping away of human rights of migrants and reduction of total number of refugees by the present administration? Day after day, it creates an even more cruel way to block asylum-seekers; the latest being the denial of refuge for Bahamians fleeing the ravages of Hurricane Dorian, and people living here sometimes for years, who require advanced medical care. This of course includes children being sent back to their countries of origin where there is limited access to...

  • Opera House Society and City Council meet; Willows perform to acclaim

    Marjorie Womach|Updated Sep 19, 2019

    HOHS meeting Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Billie and Gordon Herron, Kris Moritz, Becky Moeller, Ellen Evans, Carol, Marge Womach, Linda Wagner and Karen Robertson attended the Sept. 9 meeting of the Harrington Opera House Society. President Evans opened the meeting and last month's minutes and treasurer's report were approved. Several items of correspondence were mentioned: 1. Margie Hall of the Lincoln County Economic Development Council invited HOHS to...

  • Night golf a success for Odessa's pool

    Kelsey Scrupps, President, Friends of the Pool|Updated Sep 19, 2019

    On August 16, the Odessa Friends of the Pool (FOP) hosted the 12th Annual Night Flyer Golf Tournament at Odessa Golf & RV. The night was a huge success, raising over $8,000! Funds were raised through sponsor donations, raffle ticket purchases and entry fees. With 16 teams, 64 people participated in the scramble style tournament. Dinner was catered by Odessa Golf & RV and the tournament started at sunset. All proceeds raised will benefit the Odessa community pool. FOP is...

  • Welcome to the 49th Deutschesfest

    Terrie Schmidt-Crosby|Updated Sep 19, 2019

    Once Odessa had expanded from a mere railway stop with an adjacent general store to a thriving community, it has had a fall celebration in order to mark the completion of the harvest, the end of summer and the cooler days of preparing for winter. For many years, what was then known as the Commercial Club, a predecessor to the Chamber of Commerce of today, organized a fall festival that entailed music, sports and judging of livestock and garden produce, much like a county fair....

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